to entrust; to leave to a person
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
society; the world; the times
to be helpful; to be useful
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
to happen to hear; to overhear
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
be (that) as it may; having said that
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
to hinder; to obstruct; to adversely affect
solution; solution strategy
height (of body); stature
reproachful; hateful; bitter
to squeeze out; to wring out
avoided by everybody; disliked by everybody; (lit.) not even a dog will eat (it)
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
incident; affair; happening; event
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to go on about (one's love affairs); to speak proudly of (one's spouse, girlfriend, etc.); to speak fondly of
to coil around (of a child or animal); to grab (usu. out of playfulness or affection); to cling
ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
if you think about it; come to think of it
amount of experience; experience level; experience point; exp; XP
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence